Is this a common problem?
 

I have an 88 LX I am selling. Every once in a while I'll get in and the clutch will be real floppy and the shifter will be real hard to put in gear. The only fix is this. I have to push the clutch pedal down with my hand, hold the clutch quadrant in place, and then pull up on the pedal. I hear it ratchet and then its fine. The car does this sporadically. Never when I drive it, only after it's been parked and even then only once in a while. It would not be cool showing it to a buyer and have this happen. Is there a fix besides having to explain this to someone that is interested in my car?

Jayson

I would say the little teeth on the quadrant are wore out a little. My guess is you do alot of street driving. Those factory quadrants are self adjusting (JUNK). If you were keeping it I would say put a steeda cable and quadrant on it. I would check into doing that anyway. Even to sell it.

Brad

Yes, I do alot of street driving/ Looks like a quadrant would be a real pain to install...

I heard they arent too bad, if you have some mechanical abilities, but a shop around here was going to do the labor for less than a 100 bucks i think? my car does that too, sometimes when im lined up at the tree, it sux, but install the 4 piece quadrant, and you can tell a buyer "yea i just installed a brand new adjustable quadrant":D

quadrant a REALY BIG pain in the Back head arm finger you name it it is. smaller the hands the ez it would be it Is not Much to do it is just fitting You and your arm to the right place.